Star Alliance frequent flyer program Avianca LifeMiles is offering a 125% bonus on transferred miles. For every 1000 miles you transfer from one account to the other, the recipient receives a bonus 1250 miles. That’s effectively buying miles at 1.2 cents apiece.
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Boeing 737 MAX Email Scam Can Infect Your Computer
Police are warning about an email scam aimed at getting you to open an attachment that will infect your computer by preying on worries over the currently-grounded Boeing 737 MAX.
The email may be framed as coming from a “private analyst” and includes an attachment with “leaked data” that warns of another aircraft that will “go down soon” and encourages you to share the file with your contacts — not just infecting your computer, but virally infecting others as well via a trusted source (you).
Why the FAA Delegates Certification to Boeing — and Why That’s a Good Thing
One of the things many people have been shocked to learn, in the aftermath of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash, is that the FAA delegates much of the certification process to the aircraft manufacturer.
People are shocked, shocked, that a company would be able to ‘self-certify’ and suggest this is some sort of dereliction of duty when nothing could be further from the truth.
Teen Removed From Her Seat on Overbooked Flight While Mom Sat in Back of the Plane Unaware
Spirit Airlines removed a 15 year old girl from a flight while her mother and brother were left on. The girl was seated towards the front of the aircraft, her family towards the back. She tried to notify her family but their phones were already placed into airplane mode as required for push back.
Is Transatlantic Low Cost Carrier Wow Air Toast?
For the last several years fares between the US and Europe have been available at incredibly low prices, driven down by a generation of ultra low cost carriers — deep discount airlines no longer just flying short haul routes, but operating across the Pond the way that Freddie Laker’s Skytrain service once pioneered.
There have been too many players flying too many seats at too low a price for too long, in a market that’s long been challenging, and airlines trying to make it in this environment have struggled. Wow Air could be next to fall.
Where is American Pulling Capacity Without Their 24 Boeing 737 MAXs? It Should Come as No Surprise
American classifies their hubs in three tiers. They’re reducing capacity most at their disfavored hubs.
Passenger Faces 21 Years in Prison for Slapping United Flight Attendant and Horrible JetBlue Lawsuit
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Chick-fil-A Banned From Airport Due to its Political Beliefs
The San Antonio airport won’t be getting a Chick-fil-A. The city council awarded a new food service contract — and a condition of doing so was that the company awarded the deal had to drop its plan to open a Chick-fil-A because of Chick-fil-A’s political beliefs, that they’ve been ‘associated with anti-LGBTQ’ groups and causes.
Singapore Airlines Devalues Their Star Alliance Award Chart Effective April 19
The KrisFlyer program raised Singapore Airlines award prices again at the beginning of 2019 with about three weeks’ notice. Again they created the window where Star Alliance awards could be cheaper (albeit with fuel surcharges) and again offering a window of savings to throw away a partner flight segment at the end of a one way award booking.
That’s a pretty good indication that things wouldn’t last — that the Star Alliance award chart would be devalued too.
American Airlines CEO: Our Executives are Talking More About India
About a month ago I wrote that despite speculation I don’t believe American Airlines will fly to India for four reasons.
These are the same reasons, by the way, that I’m skeptical about rumors of American launching Los Angeles – Manila.